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Samantha Philip, M.S.

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Samantha Philip is a doctoral student in Clinical Psychology at Texas A&M University. Her research seeks to understand and address healthcare providers' weight bias. Throughout her clinical training, she has strived to develop inclusive therapeutic practices to work with people of all backgrounds.

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How weight stigma shows up in therapy and what to do about it

We live in a society where body size is not a neutral feature, but one imbued with assumptions and meanings. Thinness is seen as a symbol of virtue, restraint, and health, whereas fatness is believed to represent gluttony, laziness, and illness. These pervasive societal assumptions lay the groundwork for weight stigma, which is defined as […]

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March 24, 2025

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